Next Steps in the Master’s Admissions Process
Congratulations accepted UCF MSN students! You have completed the first step in furthering your nursing career with an MSN degree from UCF.
Please complete the following steps prior to beginning your first semester.
To reserve your place in the program, all admitted students must accept admission and complete the online Admissions Offer Reply Form.
All students are required to create a Knights email account. This will be your official UCF email account that you will use to communicate with faculty and College of Nursing staff.
Additionally, all nursing students are required to purchase a UCF Nursing student ID badge. (Note: This is NOT the same as your UCF ID with your library card number on it.)
If you do not already have one, go to the UCF Card Services office in the John T. Washington Center located on UCF’s main campus or at one of the Card Offices at select UCF Connect Centers. You must take a photo ID with you.
Distance-learning students may order a badge through the mail.
For applicable students, complete FAFSA and view the process through UCF Office of Financial Assistance.
Some important links to review:
Federal Financial Aid Eligibility, Credit Hour Limits for Federal Aid, Excess Credit Hour Surcharge, Aggregate Loan Limits
Currently, there is more than $200,000 in scholarship aid available to nursing students – including graduate students. Learn more about Scholarships & Aid.
- UCF’s College of Nursing uses DISA Healthcare Technology account to collect, review, and document all required student documents. DISA Healthcare Technology accounts are a secure platform that allows students to order background checks, fingerprints, a medical document manager, and a drug test online.
- Clinical partners may require additional vaccines or screenings.
- Noncompliance with clinical partner requirements may delay or prevent clinical coursework and program completion.
- Medical or religious vaccine exemption for vaccines are granted solely by UCF’s Office of Nondiscrimination and Accommodation via email to ONAC@ucf.edu. An exemption does not guarantee clinical placement and the ability to complete the BSN is not guaranteed.
- Students must maintain and submit proof of current health insurance throughout the duration of the program.
Held prior to the start of classes, online orientation will provide you with information about resources available to you as a UCF student as well as an opportunity to navigate through our online class platform (Canvas).
You will receive an invitation for online orientation via your Knights email. Once you have registered, it will be available to you in webcourses.
You are required to purchase a one-time subscription to our student database, LEAP*RN. LEAP*RN will store course work, portfolios, plans of study, clinical placements, clinical hours, logs, and all evaluation data. The one-time subscription fee will allow you to access these documents for free, even after graduation.
You will receive an email with detailed instructions and a link to purchase the subscription. Please purchase it in a timely manner as you will not be able to enroll in courses until it is paid.
Once you have completed the steps above, you are eligible to register for the courses in your plan of study.
If you have any questions about your plan of study or have problems registering for classes, please contact your academic advisor.
After you have registered, you will need to order course materials. You may do so by searching for your courses at the UCF Bookstore.
Please note: you are not required to purchase course materials from the UCF Bookstore.
To comply with federal and state-level restrictions, this program will only enroll students who will be physically located within the State of Florida for the duration of their program of study. Students physically located outside of Florida for more than a vacation or brief visit, regardless of legal state of residence or the type of license currently held, will be unable to apply or continue enrollment in this program.